America gains both fame and fortune

Chapter 603 Black Shadow
Bichat Hospital, 18th arrondissement of Paris.

Nolan, Emma Thomas, and Martin, all dressed in black, followed a senior police officer and hurried through the corridor to a treatment room.

The medical staff stopped them and said, "The patient is being treated, please wait."

There were rapid footsteps behind him, and Martin turned around to see a stranger.

Emma Thomas knew him and said, "Tom Hardy's agent."

Martin nodded.

The agent came over quickly and asked, "What's going on?"

The senior police officer briefly introduced: "Yesterday, a cargo driver traveling to Charles de Gaulle Airport was passing by a road in District 93. Hearing Mr. Hardy's cry for help, he rescued him from the drainage ditch on the roadside and kindly sent him to This hospital.”

He paused for a moment and continued, "All hospitals in Paris have received our joint investigation report, so they notified us as soon as possible."

The agent asked, "Is Tom injured?"

The senior police officer said: "The initial judgment is that he was robbed. When the truck driver found him, he had no clothes on his body, his teeth were missing, and the back..."

Having said this, he suddenly stopped.

The agent was about to ask further questions when he suddenly remembered and turned to look at the sign on the wall.

This is the anorectal department!

Martin also discovered at this time that they had come to the anorectal department!
Bruce muttered beside him, "Robbery is fine, but why rape? The problem is that this rape is also sexually suggestive."

Martin glanced at Old Bull and thought to himself, you are such a talented person. It's a loss for America that you didn't get into the Ivy League.

The door of the treatment room opened and a doctor came out.

The agent asked first: "Doctor, how is Tom Hardy?"

"The patient's wound was severely torn. The hospital's conditions are limited. I just cleaned the dirt from the wound." The doctor was very responsible and said solemnly: "You'd better transfer him to a large hospital as soon as possible and find a surgical expert to suture him."

The agent wanted to go in: "I need to see Tom."

The doctor made way for the door and warned, "The patient has been greatly mentally stimulated. Don't talk to him too much."

Several people, including Martin, entered the medical room together.

Tom Hardy was lying on a hospital bed, groaning in pain, his wide-open eyes seemed to have lost all their luster, much like the bulging eyes of a deep-sea fish after being pulled onto a boat.

Nolan turned to Tom Hardy and whispered, "Tom..."

Tom Hardy raised his head slightly and saw Nolan's black clothes. His lifeless eyes were instantly filled with fear and he shouted, "Don't come over! Black man, don't come over! Black man..."

He was pinned to the bed by the doctor. He wanted to move back but couldn't. He was so scared that his voice changed: "Black man, go away! Go away! Get out!"

Martin discovered that the change in voice was not just due to fear, because no teeth could be seen in Tom Hardy's open mouth.

What happened was all caused by him!

The doctor came in quickly and said, "Please go out first. The patient is emotionally unstable. Please go out."

Nolan and Martin turned around and left.

The agent in black was also kicked out by the doctor.

The agent went to communicate with the hospital.

Nolan quickly said to Emma Thomas: "Ask his agent to handle the transfer, and let them discuss the follow-up matters with Warner Pictures."

He's had enough of Tom Hardy: "If they have problems, let them talk to Warner Bros. We are just temporary employees of Warner Bros. and can't solve the problem."

Emma Thomas responded: "I know how to handle it."

Martin said: "Tom Hardy will definitely not be able to participate in the rest of the promotional tour."

"It doesn't matter without him." Nolan looked at Martin: "As long as you and I are here, there will be enough to watch."

Martin is confident in this regard: "Then let's make more news."

A Parisian police officer came over from the entrance and whispered something in the ear of the senior police officer.

The senior police officer approached Nolan and said, "We have found several witnesses who saw with their own eyes a group of black people in the 93rd area snatching the victim's clothes and shoes, and some of them also assaulted him."

Martin and Nolan suddenly realized that no wonder Tom Hardy was so sensitive to black.

Nolan asked as a matter of routine: "Has the murderer been caught?"

"No." The senior police officer seemed to have a special relationship with Nolan and spoke very directly: "District 93 is a lawless place. Not to mention us, even the French authorities don't have a good solution."

Nolan was too lazy to ask any more questions. He waited for Emma Thomas to assist Tom Hardy's agent in arranging the transfer to another hospital, then left the hospital with Martin and Bruce.

After returning to the hotel and having lunch, the crew set off on time for Spain.

When going to the airport, Ellen Page quietly got into the car that Martin, Bruce and Mene were in. Bruce had already driven the driver to another car and waited until they arrived at the airport before driving the car back to the hotel.

Ellen Page didn't need to hide her feelings. She laughed out loud as soon as she got in the car. She was laughing very happily.

Mene said: "Are you so happy? People who don't know would think you hooked up with Monica Bellucci."

"I think so too, can you ask Sophie Marceau to introduce it to me?" Ellen Page is also a fierce person: "She was so beautiful in "Legend of Sicily", but the dress in "The Matrix" No, it looks very old.”

Mene gave her a middle finger: "I want to go and have sex but I can't find a way."

Ellen Page leaned forward, patted the back of Martin's seat, and asked, "Boss, I heard from Emma Thomas' assistant that Tom Hardy was raped by a group of Africans..."

She looked at Mene, "I didn't say what you meant."

Mene waved his hand casually, and like most black people in the United States, he said, "African blacks are another species."

Ellen Page continued to ask Martin: "Is Tom Hardy crazy?"

Martin stated the facts so far: "He was physically traumatized and mentally traumatized. He was sent to the Pitié-Salpetriere Hospital for suture surgery. In addition, he was extremely frightened and extremely uneasy when he saw the color black."

Ellen Page laughed again: "So cool! Those black Africans did a good deed!"

Martin casually said: "God bless Tom Hardy."

Mene lowered his voice and asked, "Boss, is it..."

Martin shook his head: "It has nothing to do with us. He was looking for death and crashed into a mountain."

Mene didn't understand, but didn't ask any more questions.

Ellen Page was still gloating: "I hope he will be shrouded in darkness for the rest of his life!"

Tom Hardy will definitely be very grateful to Ellen Page for this blessing.

The crew arrived in Madrid, got off the plane and put down their luggage in the hotel. The main creative staff including Martin rushed to the theater to attend the Spanish premiere of the film.

The next morning, Martin, Menez, Ellen Page and Nolan and his team made a special trip to the Real Madrid Club and the Bernabeu Stadium.

"Inception" is currently in theaters, and the crew will try every means to increase its exposure.

So, when the crew came to Barcelona, ​​another big city in Spain, the main creators of the crew also visited the Barcelona Club and the Camp Nou Stadium.

After finishing the journey in Spain, the crew flew to Istanbul to continue the promotional journey.

"Inception" also spent its third weekend in North American theaters, and the trend is still stable, collecting another US$2972 million. The North American box office exceeded the US$2 million mark, with a total of US$2.12 million.

Overseas, more countries and regions joined the screening, and after this weekend, the film's overseas box office totaled nearly 1.5 million US dollars.

The film's box office success also brought about wave after wave of popularity, and speculation about the spinning top at the end quickly spread from North America to the whole world.

From newspapers to the Internet, too many people are discussing whether the protagonist Cobb has returned to reality.

The crew has been asked this question by the media and fans from North America to Europe to Asia, but Martin and Nolan have never given a positive response.

Once this kind of topic has a definite answer, it loses its value in hype and attracting attention.

Not to mention now, there will never be an accurate answer in the future.

On the plane to Hong Kong, Nolan specifically told Martin: "Don't answer this question directly at any time."

Martin played completely confused: "Chris, there is no answer in the script you gave me."

Nolan laughed and said, "I plan to keep this topic going for a long time. The movie is now released worldwide, but the DVD will be released later, so I will hype it up again then."

Martin thought further: "As long as the topic is hot enough, when your next movie is released, there will still be reporters asking you about the spinning top and whether Cobb has returned to reality."

Nolan is no less capable in marketing than in directing. He said, "Even if the media reporters have forgotten, I can arrange for a reporter to ask questions to awaken the memories of the media and fans."

Martin gave Nolan a thumbs up and said, "Chris, you are a model of a new era film master!"

"I'm not a master, I'm just a craftsman." Nolan said modestly, and then said: "In terms of marketing hype, I'm not as good as you. You were the first to come up with the open ending, and using the spinning top to hype was also your trick. In this regard, I can only be considered your student."

Martin smiled and said: "Don't be modest about these things. Let's learn together and make progress together!"

The two people showed a tacit smile.

In Hong Kong, in addition to publicity, Martin also met Wu Maoting, who had allocated funds to shoot and produce Jennifer Siebel's "Romantic Troubles" and told Martin that he would continue to invest in Davis Studio's projects.

The long overseas promotional tour lasted until mid-August. Martin returned to Los Angeles exhausted both physically and mentally, so he took a good vacation.

At this point, the North American box office of "Inception" has already reached the $3 million mark, and its overseas box office has surpassed the North American box office, totaling $3.88 million.

Warner Bros. predicts that the film's global box office will be around $9 million.

(End of this chapter)